Monday, April 6, 2009

Download the corresponding Driver for Adaptech Host raid from the following link.ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/linuxpubsw/p631274967/v30078/aar81xx.rhel4qu2.img.tar.gz/

You can use existing pc with Knoppix CD or other Linux PC

Extract the aar81xx.rhel4qu2.img.tar.gz file and mount the img file using the following command # mount -o loop Copy the modules.cgz file to other location eg : /tmp/module and extract the .cgz file using the zcat command # zcat /tmp/module/modules.cgz | cpio -idThe modules are extracted to the current directory and find the module from //aar81xx.koCopy this module in a floppy/usb

Start the Installation using Linux Disk and type the command “ Linux dd askmethod “ when the installation shows the “No hard drive found error “ , go to Alt+Crtl+F2 for new terminal and mount the module floppy disk # mkdir /mnt/module # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/moduleLoad the module using the modprobe command # modprobe /mnt/module/aar81xx.ko Type the command dmsg for checking the Hard drive is detected or not . If it is loaded the Hard drive details will display.Switch to Alt+Ctrl+F1 to resume the Installation and at the time of reboot screen comes switch to Alt+Crtl+F2 and add the module “ aar81xx.ko “ to /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/